From elusive thio- and selenosilanoic acids to copper(I) complexes with intermolecular SiE → Cu-O-Si coordination modes (E = S, Se)

Gengwen Tan, Yun Xiong, Shigeyoshi Inoue, Stephan Enthaler, Burgert Blom, Jan D. Epping, Matthias Driess

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Abstract

The facile synthesis of the first stable selenosilanoic acid-base adduct LSi(Se)OH(dmap) 3 (L = CH[C(Me)NAr]2, Ar = 2,6-iPr2C6H3, dmap = 4-dimethylaminopyridine), the heavier analogue of the thiosilanoic acid adduct LSi(S)OH(dmap) 1, is reported. Both adducts 1 and 3 react readily with MesCu (Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl) to form the novel dimeric Cu(i) complexes [LSi(E)OCu]2 (4: E = S; 5: E = Se) with unprecedented intermolecular SiE → Cu-O-Si coordination modes. The latter are efficient pre-catalysts for the Cu(i)-mediated aziridination of styrene with PhIN(Ts) (Ts = tosyl).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5595-5597
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume49
Issue number49
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 May 2013
Externally publishedYes

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